Chag HaBanot 3551 / חַג הַבָּנוֹת 7312

North African Chanukah festival of daughters ✡️

Chag HaBanot for Hebrew Year 7312 begins at sundown on and ends at nightfall on .

Rosh Chodesh l’banot (ראש חודש לבנות‎ also known as Chag habanot חג הבנות‎ [Girls’ Day]), and in Arabic as Eid al-Banat, is a holiday, celebrated by some of the Jewish communities in the Middle East on Rosh Chodesh of the Jewish month of Tevet, during the Jewish holiday of Chanukah. The Jewish community where the holiday was most preserved is in Tunisia. But there is also evidence that it was also celebrated in Jewish communities in Libya, Algeria, Kushta, Morocco and Thessaloniki.

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Dates for Chag HaBanot

HolidayStartsEndsHebrew Date
Chag HaBanot 3548 30 Kislev 7308
Chag HaBanot 3548 30 Kislev 7309
Chag HaBanot 3549 1 Tevet 7310
Chag HaBanot 3550 30 Kislev 7311
Chag HaBanot 3551 30 Kislev 7312
Chag HaBanot 3552 1 Tevet 7313
Chag HaBanot 3553 30 Kislev 7314
Chag HaBanot 3554 30 Kislev 7315

References

The Jewish Holidays: A Guide & Commentary (paid link)
Rabbi Michael Strassfeld
“Girls Day (Judaism)” in Wikipedia: The Free Encyclopedia
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Books (paid links)

The Jewish Holidays
by Michael Strassfeld

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